Saw this (http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/6083) bug today on the bugtracker and also knew this was a problem anyway, so here is my go at it. I tried to make a more up to date mirror list from both the Wiki and the download page. I ran the rankmirrors script on it a few times to hopefully weed out the old/bad mirrors. If someone that is skilled with automake/autoconf wants to finish the job, I'd appreciate it. Instead of having four more or less duplicate files in our repository, we could generate all of them from this one file. -Dan /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist.in: # # @REPO@: Arch Linux @REPO@ repository # # United States Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://ftp.nethat.com/pub/linux/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://mirror.cs.vt.edu/pub/ArchLinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/linux/distributions/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # Europe # - Austria Server = ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Belgium Server = ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Czech Republic Server = ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/arch/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Estonia Server = ftp://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - France Server = ftp://ftp.rez-gif.supelec.fr/pub/Linux/distrib/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://mir1.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://mir2.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ #Server = http://mirrors.jakimowicz.com/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Germany #Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.de/pub/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/sunsite.unc-mirror/distributions/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Great Britain Server = http://ftp.parrswood.manchester.sch.uk/Mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/@REPO@/os/@... # - Greece Server = ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Ireland Server = ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/ftp.archlinux.org/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Italy Server = ftp://mi.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Lithuania Server = ftp://saule.mintis.lt/pub/linux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Netherlands Server = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/metalab/distributions/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Norway Server = ftp://mirror.djzradio.net/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Poland Server = ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/site/linux-sunsite/distributions/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://mirror.icis.pcz.pl/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Portugal Server = ftp://gul.est.ips.pt/repos/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://cesium.di.uminho.pt/pub/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://darkstar.ist.utl.pt/pub/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Romania Server = ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/mirrors/archlinux.org/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Sweden Server = ftp://ftp.ds.hj.se/pub/os/linux/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = ftp://ftp.gigabit.nu/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # - Switzerland Server = ftp://archlinux.puzzle.ch/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # Australia Server = ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/archlinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ # Asia # - China Server = http://mirror.vxmatrix.net/ArchLinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = http://dxmirror.vxmatrix.net/ArchLinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@ Server = http://cncmirror.vxmatrix.net/ArchLinux/@REPO@/os/@CARCH@